Part 9.
Samson and the Philistine/Cain and Abel.
at Southill Park, Bedfordshire.
John Cheere.
One of a collection of lead statuary by John Cheere, bought in 1812 by Samuel Whitbread II.
It lacks the incised decoration on the strap across his back seen on the Queluz Portugal version of 1755 / 57.
The others included Ceres, Minerva, the Farnese Flora, two of
priests, Winter (after Girardon ) A Priestess of Isis, Apollino, the Rape of Proserpine, Diana and
four more for a total of £975.
The image below from the Paul Mellon Photograph archive.
https://photoarchive.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/objects/408353/samson-slaying-the-philistine
I have contacted Southill Park and hope to obtain further photographs in due course.
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